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• movies@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I got some Spring of last year! I have ‘em outside. Not terribly impressive but a fun novelty.

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• grober_Unfug@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Probably very unpopular opinion. I don’t get it how you could buy genetically modified plants.

  -unpredictable impact on ecosystems -uncontrolled spread through insects/seed -no long term studies available

  I really wish people would be more responsible with our environment.

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  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    depends on your definition of genetically modified. you’d be hard pressed to find any plant that hasn’t been selectively bred, spliced and adapted by humans.

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s a disingenuous argument. You can’t selectively breed an completely foreign gene into an organism. I can’t believe this even has to be said, but I guess the GMO lobby gets to people more than I thought.

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  • artifex@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think it’s a fair concern in general but fine in this case since the company almost certainly edited in the lux operon which is one of the most well studied and understood gene switches out there. It and similar pathways have been used in many branches of science for decades. I think the novelty here is just that it’s in a consumer product instead.

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    • grober_Unfug@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Some GMOs are approved and released before we fully understand their long-term ecological or health impacts. While short-term studies may show no harm, ecological processes unfold over decades.

      Another thing is that introducing glowing flowers might make genetic modification seem harmless or trivial. This could lead to less critical public debate and a gradual erosion of caution in how such technologies are used.

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  • swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    According to the website, they can’t reproduce by seed, only by division.

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    • Doxatek@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In each seed this gene would segregate some wouldn’t express at all, some lower and if you did it more times more than likely the mutation would be lost

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    • j4yt33@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think the concern is more about cross-pollination, not seeds from the plant directly

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  • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    • You don’t need to plant them outside

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    • Don’t eat them

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• Wutchilli@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wish they would ship to europe, i allways wanted one of those.

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• swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m glad these are still being sold. I first read about them last year, but was moving at the time. I’d really like to get some.

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• ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Those look damn cool. I’m not really a plant person, but I’d be sure to try to change if I could get some of those. Doesn’t look like they ship to Europe though.

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  • Lommy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m afraid no reputable seller does, the EU has a ban on gene-edited organisms like plants and fish. Understandable but i’d sure would have liked to have a tank filled with Glofish

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• zod000@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I got my wife some of those last year. I wish they had lasted longer, but we couldn’t find a balance of sunlight that they liked. And yeah, they not all that bright, but still super cool.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  God, I want some of these so bad. They are so fun. I gotta sort the plants I have still haha.

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• FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is so cool. Thank you for sharing!

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